Religious liberty might be supposed to mean that everybody is free to discuss religion. In practice it means that hardly anybody is allowed to mention it.”
? G.K. Chesterton
Birds without trees can never feel free.
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Freedom OF religion, or freedom FROM religion .. what do you wish for and why ?
by caliber inare atheist's covered under the "freedom of religion banner do you think ?
does saying that atheism are not a religion threaten any would be rights therefore ?
how can you protect nothingness or not having a creed ?.
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You know you're getting old when...
by nonjwspouse in...you can remember as a kid having to stand by the tv set in a certian spot, sometimes holding the antenna to get better reception.. yes, i was an antenna sometimes.
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any more trips down memory lane for you oldies like me?.
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Freedom OF religion, or freedom FROM religion .. what do you wish for and why ?
by caliber inare atheist's covered under the "freedom of religion banner do you think ?
does saying that atheism are not a religion threaten any would be rights therefore ?
how can you protect nothingness or not having a creed ?.
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I don't know the reasons for atheism. To me, it is a religion in legal terms.
To obtain their rights & freedoms I see no other approach.. but how do you circumvent this ...
re·li·gion
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?n / Show Spelled [ ri- lij - uh n ] Show IPA noun 1. a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature , and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs. 2. a specificfundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects: the Christianreligion; the Buddhist religion. 3. the body of personsadhering to a particular set of beliefs and practices: a world council of religions. 4. the practice of religious beliefs;ritual observance of faith Can atheism be just the absence of belief... there must be some driving force or motivation -
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Freedom OF religion, or freedom FROM religion .. what do you wish for and why ?
by caliber inare atheist's covered under the "freedom of religion banner do you think ?
does saying that atheism are not a religion threaten any would be rights therefore ?
how can you protect nothingness or not having a creed ?.
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If I went of TV and said half of what these fundamentalist churches say about ones they don't like. I would be throw in jail and key throw away. Totally ADD
Please give me a sample or example of hateful things...
also is there not a difference cult religion and religion ?
A group is called a cult because of their behaviour - not their doctrines. Doctrine is an issue in the area of Apologetics and Heresy. Most religious cults do teach what the Christian church would declare to be heresy but some do not. Some cults teach the basics of the Christian faith but have behavioural patterns that are abusive, controlling
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600 people up and left the DC after the 'apostate' talk?
by Julia Orwell inan 'apostate' inactive jw in america i know on facebook went to the dc and said fully 600 people left between the end of the apostate talk and the lunch break.
have any of you who also went to the dc seen something like this happen?
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They're scared of anyone that won't obey them, as shown by their heavy-handed approach in labeling anyone with a contrary opinion as ones causing divisions and serving satan.
Do not think that I came to bring peace on Earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man's enemies will be the members of his household. He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me. He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it. (Matthew 10:34–39)
Is "causing divisions "always a bad thing even according to the Bible ? Or does it mean you have presented convincing arguments to thinking people
Causing division is a observation.. not a conviction of either good or bad in itself
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Freedom OF religion, or freedom FROM religion .. what do you wish for and why ?
by caliber inare atheist's covered under the "freedom of religion banner do you think ?
does saying that atheism are not a religion threaten any would be rights therefore ?
how can you protect nothingness or not having a creed ?.
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Freedom OF religion, or freedom FROM religion .. what do you wish for and why ?
by caliber inare atheist's covered under the "freedom of religion banner do you think ?
does saying that atheism are not a religion threaten any would be rights therefore ?
how can you protect nothingness or not having a creed ?.
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Are atheist's covered under the "freedom of religion banner do you think ? Does saying that atheism are not a religion threaten any would be rights therefore ? How can you protect nothingness or not having a creed ?
According to Mother Jones, 52% of Americans claim they would not vote for a well-qualified atheist as president.[80] More recently a 2007 Gallup poll produced nearly identical results.[81] A 2006 study at the University of Minnesota showed atheists to be the most distrusted minority among Americans. In the study, sociologists Penny Edgell, Joseph Gerties and Douglas Hartmann conducted a survey of American public opinion on attitudes towards different groups. 40% of respondents characterized atheists as a group that "does not at all agree with my vision of American society", putting atheists well ahead of every other group, with the next highest being Muslims (26%) and homosexuals (23%).
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Oh, The Irony (vol 1)
by Splash inreading through some old volumes i saw this:.
w54 9/1 p. 529 par.
5 recognizing the theocratic organization for life.
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apostolic successors,.... bad .. theocratic organization ....good just not sure how they get there
Such ambitious self-exalting men fail to recognize the theocratic organization and to humble themselves under God’s mighty hand.
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Paris Jackson attempts suicide
by Iamallcool inhttp://www.everydayhealth.com/depression/paris-jackson-daughter-of-michael-attempts-suicide-6330.aspx?xid=fb_eh_sf.
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Love is giving with no thought of getting. It is tenderness enfolding with strength to protect. It is forgiveness without further thought of the thing forgiven.
It is understanding of human weakness, with knowledge of the true man shining through. It is quiet in the midst of turmoil. It is the one altogether lovely, the light in the mother's eyes, the glory in the sacrifice, the quiet assurance of protection.
May Paris also find such peace and comfort... for such lost and troubled souls brings saddness to us all.....
to find a heart even in a troubled scene
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MIL letter to my wife
by AggieNostic inbackground: my wife and i are inactive, we stopped attending in 2005. raised as jws, were pioneers, i was elder etc... .
our kids are in college, also inactive but are baptised.
my wife went back to college, getting her degree this month at age 48!
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"Forgive them for they know not what they do" ~~Jesus
Influence is measured not by surface covered but by it's depth .....it's grace , in hearts it touches !
And in such grace is given wings to fly
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